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Help Deciding what to get???

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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 09:24 AM
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I have 4500 in taxes back! Yay

I currently have a 3 inch fabtech budget lift and looking to get a long arm kit eventually? My 3 inch is less than a year old and I only wheel hard about 3 months out of the year on the weekends. Below I have a list of my Jeep Mods

I have A D30 up front and a D44 in the rear
35's with Mickey Thompson Rims
aftermarket front and rear bumpers
offroad lights
side step bar
gas tank cap upgrade
light guards
winch


I know a I need A swaybar Disco, A hi lift Jack, I have gears waiting to be installed. Both my carriers are open, but I dont think i NEED lockers at this point bc its a DD and I dont think an upgraded D44 in the front is necessary because eventually I wanna get D60s front a rear.

Is there any other necessities that I should have when wheeling?
Should I keep my current lift or just spend the cash on a long arm? Will I even tell much different in height?

Thanks in advance, just dont want to waiste money on pointless parts!
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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If I was you and you do your own work on your rig, I would go with the Ripp supercharger Kit .. Think it's about 4-4500$, get that out of the way than save for the not so much $$$ mods that you can piece together later. My 2cents....
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Mcguyver
If I was you and you do your own work on your rig, I would go with the Ripp supercharger Kit .. Think it's about 4-4500$, get that out of the way than save for the not so much $$$ mods that you can piece together later. My 2cents....
I wanna drop a Hemi eventually so that route might be a waiste for me?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:09 AM
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If it were me, I'd get a longarm suspension sell the bb
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
If it were me, I'd get a longarm suspension sell the bb
Yeah I really like the Teraflex long arm kits! Im guessing you have a Dana 44 up front already? Id like to get the long arm, but Im pretty sure id have to upgrade my D30 in the front first right?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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You could get a pro rock 44 for the front... That will get you started!
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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If you want a long arm and 60's, why are you looking to blow the $4500 on other crap? Put it toward what you want.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:40 AM
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a complete suspension or a PR 44
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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I think get some rock rails, and probably the hi-lift jack, and then bank the rest for the D60s and long arm kit. Find something that earns interest and throw your extra dough in it. Before long your rolling on long arms and 60s (haha, sounds like sone serious bling!).
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